A new University of Arizona study is highlighting the critical role Yuma’s agriculture plays in Arizona’s economy. Researchers report that Yuma agriculture generated $4.4 billion in economic ...

95 or 99 degrees at sunup here in Yuma as you’re driving through town headed out to the field. So that’s kind of what we’re experiencing now,” he says. His area is known for growing crops ...

University of Arizona Cooperative Extension researchers found that Yuma County agribusiness contributed $4.4 billion to Arizona’s economy in 2022, based on the 2022 Census of Agriculture.

Arizona growers control irrigation, said Mike Olvey from American Pima Seed and O&A Enterprises: “We’re always going to make a crop.” Cotton is mostly grown in Pinal, Graham, Yuma ...

At a national level, the warm and nearly disaster-free conditions of Yuma and Phoenix provide a safety net to the market when California, Florida, or Texas crops are wiped out. Temperatures below ...